LIVINGSTON — Current Assistant District Attorney Brad Cascio will be leading the department for the 21st Judicial District after he won the election.

Cascio was running against attorney Sherman Mack. The seat was up for grabs after DA Scott Perrilloux announced he was stepping down.

The soon-to-be DA has served as an assistant district attorney since 2013. He also serves as city prosecutor for Denham Springs and French Settlement, and he says he has prosecuted more than 4,000 cases in that role.

"This is a job I never thought that I would be doing, and I truly just fell in love with the work that we do and the impact that we make on our community," he told WBRZ in October.

Cascio said his priorities include expanding the drug court, which puts people through a supervised treatment program. He also wants to create an in-house investigations department.

The 21st JDC oversees Livingston, St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes.

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